Method of damping the vibrations of stay cables and associated system

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PATENT NO 9714489
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13026152

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A method of damping the vibrations of at least one pair of stay cables of a civil engineering structure, in which the stay cables of said pair are linked by a damper having a first stiffness in response to tensile stress and a second stiffness in response to compressive stress, the first stiffness being greater than the second stiffness.

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  • SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET

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Mellier, Erik Versailles, FR 19 61
Stubler, Jérôme Paris, FR 9 28

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